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04-18-2013 06:39 AM

Too Many Projects

Quote:

Originally Posted by 496CHEVY3100

If we all had perfect cars ,perfect paint ,panel fit interior, it never rained or snowed on them ,they always started and run perfect every time ,What a Boring hobby this would be.

Actually, I would LOVE to be bored like that for a few years. Just drive and enjoy them...

And no, I don't ever see me owning a trailer queen. These cars were mass produced to be driven and most of them had the bejeezuz kicked out them before they saw 50k miles. I grew up in that era and don't see them as show cars. They are still muscle cars, meant to drive and beat on....

04-17-2013 09:55 AM

sedanbob

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68NovaSS

Had another person download my videos, said he used my break in video for his phone ringtone.

That's great! That would bring a smile to my face every time the phone rang!

04-17-2013 09:14 AM

vettesplus

i get alot of thumbs up and alot of people trying to figure out what make it is. my front grill seems to confuse alot of people that have knowlage of these old cars...

04-16-2013 01:43 PM

68NovaSS

On my way to a show n shine in Alaska, had a guy follow me for several miles, when I arrived he told me he could hear the blower whine a block away and had to see what I had. After than on the way to test n tune, had a guy stay along side me video taping me on the way to Palmer for a mile or so. Had another person download my videos, said he used my break in video for his phone ringtone.

04-16-2013 01:33 PM

32 Ford HyBoy

Whenever I drive one of my six cars through town I always get the thumbs up. Sometimes, going through town at about 40mph, someone will pull upp beside me and start yelling out the window, great car, really like it. ect. What he doesn't realize is that the traffic in front of him has stopped. One rear ender and a bunch of close calls.

04-15-2013 05:49 PM

496CHEVY3100

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

We are all so different, it's fun seeing the varieties of humans and what they do. I know I can certainly dig both sides. Driving a cool old car is a blast no matter if it's a show car or a beater with chips scratches and dents and poorly fitting panels, it's STILL a blast.

I still feel that the "perfect" (there is no such thing) car is more about building it than driving it. "The journey is the destination". When someone has the passion to really go over the top with detail, it just seems like doing it is the most important to them, after it's done it's often like "yawn", even for them. I LOVE staring at a "perfect" show car,dissecting it like you are looking for dna evidence in a murder case. I really enjoy looking at those cars. But after doing one, it almost fades away, the doing it was the fun.

Brian

If we all had perfect cars ,perfect paint ,panel fit interior, it never rained or snowed on them ,they always started and run perfect every time ,What a Boring hobby this would be.

04-15-2013 05:34 PM

mikesnyhere

i had a 69 mustang sportroof , aka fastback not a mach 1 but looked like one . it had a 20ft paint job in jet black all stock . i would detail it regularly to go with my girlfriend to a show n shine local car show cruise ,and Pomona swap meet . it was a daily driver , and got a lot of attention . i had one girl tell me it was the reason she went out with me ! so i would say i liked the attention .

04-15-2013 03:17 PM

MARTINSR

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave57210

But neither "the show quality paint" nor the "boring one-color job" actually does anything!

I've never painted a car yet - doubt if I ever will!

Nor do I ever adjust and shim and get gaps even etc.

Total waste of time & effort for no purpose whatever!

We are all so different, it's fun seeing the varieties of humans and what they do. I know I can certainly dig both sides. Driving a cool old car is a blast no matter if it's a show car or a beater with chips scratches and dents and poorly fitting panels, it's STILL a blast.

I still feel that the "perfect" (there is no such thing) car is more about building it than driving it. "The journey is the destination". When someone has the passion to really go over the top with detail, it just seems like doing it is the most important to them, after it's done it's often like "yawn", even for them. I LOVE staring at a "perfect" show car,dissecting it like you are looking for dna evidence in a murder case. I really enjoy looking at those cars. But after doing one, it almost fades away, the doing it was the fun.

Brian

04-15-2013 03:04 PM

Dave57210

But neither "the show quality paint" nor the "boring one-color job" actually does anything!

I've never painted a car yet - doubt if I ever will!

Nor do I ever adjust and shim and get gaps even etc.

Total waste of time & effort for no purpose whatever!

04-15-2013 02:51 PM

MARTINSR

Quote:

Originally Posted by TucsonJay

Many years ago I had a custom painted '62 Vette I drove. One night an elderly woman parked next to me... looked my car from end to end... then opened her door into the side of it! I didn't hold it against the lady, as she was about 90.

When my wife came out I was grumbling, and she had me tell her what happened. She told me she didn't understand why I painted the car that way, when I was going to drive it.

A couple weeks later it dawned on me...

"A show quality paint job, with a scratch in it, looked far better than a boring one-color job with a scratch or rock chips!!!"

After that I just accepted that it was the price for actually using the car, in stead of locking it in the garage! :-)

To sum this up... Build what you love, and then enjoy it!

LOL, very well said.

Brian

04-15-2013 02:21 PM

wretched ratchet

Quote:

Originally Posted by unclebill

i have some buddies with show cars.
stunning but not for me i have more fun with them when they take what they consider their beaters out for a run.

that's what I was trying to say in my own clumsy way - - - little mini-road trips or night cruises at the local hang arounds are the Cat's Meow for me also

04-15-2013 01:44 PM

Project89

i used to take my v6 camaro to the swap meet/car show, the paint sucked but the body was stright. and honestly the only reason i ever put it in the car show was so i didnt have to walk 3 miles to go look around and shop. hell after 1 pm u could take the car and drive it threw the pits instead of walking miles are lugging large parts 2-3 miles back to ur car.

anyways there was a few years i got to do zero shopping or looking around as once i pop'ed the hood and everyone saw that i had a custom sheet metal intake manifold and a turbo charger on the 2.8 engine , i had such a crowd around the car and ppl asking questions i just couldnt get away

one year i really pissed off a vette guy that was parked nexto me he had one of the lt5( twin dohc cam ???) vettes and i had a bigger crowd around my v6 camaro all day long, he was not pleased

the sound system also got me alot of complements and questions

heres some pics of how the car was when i used to take it

my gf loved all the attention the car got , i didnt mind it most of the times but it would bug me now and then when somone would stop me and i was just in a hurry to get something done

my old iroc used to get alot of attention anytime i would drive it , hot 355 with dual ex and single chamber flowmasters , and a pete jackson noisy gear drive
the most common question was is that thing supercharged

04-15-2013 12:06 PM

69 widetrack

It's always that first scratch or ding that drives you through the wall...but, after that, you don't notice them as much and can start enjoying the vehicle more...sometimes I think I should put the first ding in the car, that way I can start enjoying it right away...LOL.

Ray

04-15-2013 11:43 AM

TucsonJay

Many years ago I had a custom painted '62 Vette I drove. One night an elderly woman parked next to me... looked my car from end to end... then opened her door into the side of it! I didn't hold it against the lady, as she was about 90.

When my wife came out I was grumbling, and she had me tell her what happened. She told me she didn't understand why I painted the car that way, when I was going to drive it.

A couple weeks later it dawned on me...

"A show quality paint job, with a scratch in it, looked far better than a boring one-color job with a scratch or rock chips!!!"

After that I just accepted that it was the price for actually using the car, in stead of locking it in the garage! :-)

To sum this up... Build what you love, and then enjoy it!

04-15-2013 09:04 AM

unclebill

Quote:

Originally Posted by wretched ratchet

I understand you completely, Unka Bill, and I could never have the discipline that it takes to own a "trailer queen". However, I have all the admiration and respect for those that choose to. I have known and hung out with both kinds of owners and found them all to be very friendly and enjoyable Dudes.

i have some buddies with show cars.
stunning
but not for me.
i have more fun with them when they take what they consider their beaters out for a run.

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